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Electro City
Electronic · 2009 · 5 tracks · 26m

Electro City

Pretty Lights

Dusty soul samples and heavy hip-hop breaks filtered through a hazy, late-night urban lens. Warm analog synths meet precise digital glitching.

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It's like finding a box of old soul records in a futuristic neon basement.

A soulful, late-night urban nostalgia that feels both vintage and futuristic.

Electro City · vs · Pretty Lights
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The vocals lean a touch further into processed than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 5 Tracks · 26m
01
Better Than I've Ever Been
5:14
02
It's Going Down
4:36
03
Piano Man
4:42
04
Everybody Walk
5:04
05
Toxic
6:56
Moments Worth Waiting For
The way the piano melody in track 3 dissolves into a stuttering glitch before the heavy kick drum returns.
The deep, saturated bass swell that anchors the soulful vocal loop halfway through track 1.
The final two minutes of track 5 where the layers of synth and percussion slowly deconstruct into a single rhythmic pulse.
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